News item, completion of Moose, Oct. 8, 1859
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History | |
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Name | Moose |
Route | Upper Willamette River |
In service | Oct 4, 1859 |
Out of service | 1861 |
Fate | Wrecked at Peoria, Oregon |
General characteristics | |
Type | inland steamship |
Length | 75 ft (22.9 m), exclusive of fantail |
Beam | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Depth | 4 ft (1 m) depth of hold |
Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, each with bore of 12 in (304.8 mm) and stroke of 4 ft (1.22 m) |
Propulsion | stern-wheel |
Moose was a steamboat that operated on the Willamette River from late 1859 to 1861.